In one agenda (personal.org) I have the following entry: * Anniversaries :PROPERTIES: #+CATEGORY: Ann :END: %%(org-bbdb-anniversaries-future 3) This works for BBDB entries that have an anniversary like "1973-06-22" or "2021-04-91 wedding", but it fails for something like "1998-03-12 %s created bbdb-anniv.el %d years ago" (from the examples in ol-bbdb.el). The error message is like: Bad sexp at line 5 in /home/laza/exobrain/org/personal/personal.org: (let ((entry ) (date '(12 3 1998))) (org-bbdb-anniversaries-future 3)) Emacs : GNU Emacs 29.4 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.43, cairo version 1.18.0) Package: Org mode version 9.6.15 (release_9.6.15 @ /usr/share/emacs/29.4/lisp/org/) current state: ============== (setq org-archive-location "~/org/archive/%s_archive::" org-link-elisp-confirm-function 'yes-or-no-p org-directory "~/org" org-global-properties '(("Effort_ALL" . "0 0:10 0:30 1:00 2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00 6:00 7:00")) org-ditaa-jar-path "/usr/share/java/ditaa/ditaa.jar" org-bibtex-headline-format-function #[257 "\300 \236A\207" [:title] 3 "\n\n(fn ENTRY)"] org-log-into-drawer t org-startup-folded t org-agenda-files "~/org/agendas" org-persist-after-read-hook '(org-element--cache-persist-after-read) org-bbdb-anniversary-format-alist '(("birthday" lambda (name years suffix) (concat "Birthday: [[bbdb:" name "][" name " (" (format "%s" years) suffix ")]]") ) ("wedding" lambda (name years suffix) (concat "[[bbdb:" name "][" name "'s " (format "%s" years) suffix " wedding anniversary]]") ) ("dayofdeath" lambda (name years suffix) (concat "Day of death: [[bbdb:" name "][" name " (" (format "%s" years) suffix ")]]") ) ) org-refile-targets '((org-agenda-files :maxlevel . 9)) org-export-before-parsing-hook '(org-attach-expand-links) org-cycle-tab-first-hook '(org-babel-hide-result-toggle-maybe org-babel-header-arg-expand) org-default-notes-file "~/org/notes.org" org-archive-hook '(org-attach-archive-delete-maybe) org-file-apps '((auto-mode . emacs) (directory . emacs) ("\\.mm\\'" . default) ("\\.x?html?\\'" . default) ("\\.pdf\\'" . "evince %s")) org-columns-default-format "%40ITEM(Task) %17Effort(Estimated Effort){:} %CLOCKSUM" org-odt-format-inlinetask-function 'org-odt-format-inlinetask-default-function org-ascii-format-drawer-function #[771 " \207" [] 4 "\n\n(fn NAME CONTENTS WIDTH)"] org-cycle-hook '(org-cycle-hide-archived-subtrees org-cycle-show-empty-lines org-cycle-optimize-window-after-visibility-change org-cycle-display-inline-images) org-persist-before-read-hook '(org-element--cache-persist-before-read) org-modules '(ol-bbdb ol-bibtex ol-docview ol-doi ol-eww ol-gnus org-habit ol-info ol-irc ol-mhe ol-rmail ol-w3m) org-mode-hook '(org-clock-load #[0 "\300\301\302\303\304$\207" [add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-fold-show-all append local] 5] #[0 "\300\301\302\303\304$\207" [add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-babel-show-result-all append local] 5] org-babel-result-hide-spec org-babel-hide-all-hashes #[0 "\301\211 \207" [imenu-create-index-function org-imenu-get-tree] 2]) org-babel-load-languages '((emacs-lisp . t) (calc . t) (shell . t) (python . t) (dot . t) (ditaa . t) (latex . t) (gnuplot . t) (plantuml . t)) org-agenda-span 15 org-latex-format-drawer-function #[514 "\207" [] 3 "\n\n(fn _ CONTENTS)"] org-latex-format-headline-function 'org-latex-format-headline-default-function org-confirm-shell-link-function 'yes-or-no-p org-html-format-drawer-function #[514 "\207" [] 3 "\n\n(fn NAME CONTENTS)"] outline-isearch-open-invisible-function 'outline-isearch-open-invisible org-habit-graph-column 60 org-export-before-processing-hook '(org-blackfriday--reset-org-blackfriday--code-block-num-backticks) org-fold-catch-invisible-edits 'error org-plantuml-jar-path "/usr/share/java/plantuml/plantuml.jar" org-odt-format-headline-function 'org-odt-format-headline-default-function org-agenda-before-write-hook '(org-agenda-add-entry-text) org-babel-tangle-lang-exts '(("latex" . "tex") ("python" . "py") ("emacs-lisp" . "el") ("elisp" . "el")) org-src-mode-hook '(org-src-babel-configure-edit-buffer org-src-mode-configure-edit-buffer) org-confirm-elisp-link-function 'yes-or-no-p org-clock-idle-time 15 org-speed-command-hook '(org-speed-command-activate org-babel-speed-command-activate) org-html-format-inlinetask-function 'org-html-format-inlinetask-default-function org-ascii-format-inlinetask-function 'org-ascii-format-inlinetask-default org-odt-format-drawer-function #[514 "\207" [] 3 "\n\n(fn NAME CONTENTS)"] org-confirm-babel-evaluate nil org-fold-core-isearch-open-function 'org-fold-core--isearch-reveal org-clock-persist 'history org-latex-format-inlinetask-function 'org-latex-format-inlinetask-default-function org-persist-before-write-hook '(org-element--cache-persist-before-write) org-tab-first-hook '(org-babel-hide-result-toggle-maybe org-babel-header-arg-expand) org-link-shell-confirm-function 'yes-or-no-p org-babel-pre-tangle-hook '(save-buffer) org-agenda-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region nil org-agenda-start-on-weekday nil org-occur-hook '(org-first-headline-recenter) org-metadown-hook '(org-babel-pop-to-session-maybe) org-link-parameters '(("attachment" :follow org-attach-follow :complete org-attach-complete-link) ("w3m" :store org-w3m-store-link) ("rmail" :follow org-rmail-open :store org-rmail-store-link) ("mhe" :follow org-mhe-open :store org-mhe-store-link) ("irc" :follow org-irc-visit :store org-irc-store-link :export org-irc-export) ("gnus" :follow org-gnus-open :store org-gnus-store-link) ("eww" :follow org-eww-open :store org-eww-store-link) ("doi" :follow org-link-doi-open :export org-link-doi-export) ("docview" :follow org-docview-open :export org-docview-export :store org-docview-store-link) ("bibtex" :follow org-bibtex-open :store org-bibtex-store-link) ("bbdb" :follow org-bbdb-open :export org-bbdb-export :complete org-bbdb-complete-link :store org-bbdb-store-link) ("info" :follow org-info-open :export org-info-export :store org-info-store-link :insert-description org-info-description-as-command) ("id" :follow org-id-open) ("file+sys") ("file+emacs") ("shell" :follow org-link--open-shell) ("news" :follow #[514 "\301\300\302 Q \"\207" ["news" browse-url ":"] 6 "\n\n(fn URL ARG)"] ) ("mailto" :follow #[514 "\301\300\302 Q \"\207" ["mailto" browse-url ":"] 6 "\n\n(fn URL ARG)"] ) ("https" :follow #[514 "\301\300\302 Q \"\207" ["https" browse-url ":"] 6 "\n\n(fn URL ARG)"] ) ("http" :follow #[514 "\301\300\302 Q \"\207" ["http" browse-url ":"] 6 "\n\n(fn URL ARG)"] ) ("ftp" :follow #[514 "\301\300\302 Q \"\207" ["ftp" browse-url ":"] 6 "\n\n(fn URL ARG)"] ) ("help" :follow org-link--open-help :store org-link--store-help) ("file" :complete org-link-complete-file) ("elisp" :follow org-link--open-elisp)) org-html-format-headline-function 'org-html-format-headline-default-function org-metaup-hook '(org-babel-load-in-session-maybe) org-agenda-include-diary t org-startup-with-inline-images t org-return-follows-link t )